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As early as 10 years ago, he was already into deconstruction, "pero hindi pa kami close noon nila Comme des Garcon at Vivienne Westwood." Deconstruction is fine on his Sunday show biz talk show "The Buzz" on ABS-CBN, but he also hosts news and current affairs shows like "Kontrobersyal",christian heels; and "Private Conversations," and he has to rein in his untamed style for these programs.
"I cannot experiment too wildly with my clothes because I talk to the president of the country, to respected journalists. On ‘The Buzz,’ I can still wear my green stripes over blue, whatever, without anybody organizing a protest rally outside ABS-CBN. I’ve mellowed a little, but essentially I’m still the Waray-Waray who can wear a banana leaf over jeans and flaunt it as if it were designed by John Galliano."
Does he still remember the very first designer labels he owned?
His hands slicing the air upward and sideways, and his diction slicing the ears, Boy replies, "Social climbing is such a busy activity. I’ve been lost in the maelstrom of social climbing. I don’t remember the first designer clothes I owned."
As often in a really private conversation with Boy Abunda, there has got to be some sex. He adds, "I don’t even remember the way I was devirginized, or where! That’s true. Do you? My first sex happened way, way before my first love. But I don’t remember how it happened. I’m not into first times."
This may not be the first time Boy is admitting that he dares to wear eye-catching, throat-grabbing clothes "because admittedly when I was starting, I wanted to be noticed."
"I wasn’t pretty enough to be noticed," he says. "I enjoy attention, but I don’t necessarily look for approval. It’s enough for me that you like or dislike what I wear, but I do not solicit your approval. Masama ba ‘yon? I don’t have a fabulous body. Neither do I have a fabulous face to protect, so it is probably because I’m wanting attention that I’m not afraid to wear trench coats under the scorching heat of the sun. "
While his fashion daring, according to Boy, has remained intact, the price tags on his clothes have improved, and they have improved in a very big way, although he himself would rather say just "a bit."